Create Your Own Web Series

Some of our favorite shows from Broad City to High Maintenance to Insecure got their start on the web. Hear from the creative minds behind the explosion of great series produced for the web. These innovators share how they write, produce and distribute webisodes. Discover what’s next for web video and learn how you can create your own series. RSVP

STEVEN HAJAR, CREATOR, AFFORDABLE NYC

A Silicon Valley native, Steven moved to the Big Apple to attend NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. Receiving a BFA in Drama with a minor in Cinema Studies, Steven studied at Playwrights Horizons Theater School and the Experimental Theater Wing. Steven has also studied improv at UCB, the PIT, and the Magnet Theater in NYC.

Steven is constantly looking for new collaborations to become involved in: onstage or onscreen, on the page or on the street. Steven's personality has been described as endearing and earnest, with an offbeat sense of humor (a peculiar mix of self-deprecation and dad jokes). Steven operates under the belief that any form of communication can become a work of art, that art's purpose is to bring us closer together by any medium necessary.

CHRISTINE NG, CO-CREATOR, THE BETTER HALF

Christine Ng is a New York based producer and cinematographer. A graduate from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, Christine works on commercials, music videos and independent film projects, including feature-length documentaries and narratives.

The first spot she shot for TV broadcast aired during Superbowl XLVI. Her first narrative feature, The Widowers premiered at the San Antonio Film Festival. The feature-length documentary titled Everything Is Copy, a portrait of legendary Nora Ephron premiered on HBO in 2016. She recently shot a documentary series with Morgan Spurlock’s company, Warrior Poets called What We Teach Girls which will be featured on Refinery29 soon.

LEYLA PEREZ, CO-CREATOR, THE BETTER HALF

Leyla Perez is a graduate from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Originally from Texas, Leyla co-wrote the Bronze Remi Award winning short film Seriously?, which premiered at the Houston Comedy Film Festival. Leyla also co-wrote and produced Easy Life, an independent feature film.

Leyla directs music videos, commercials and short films. She is currently writing a feature film script titled We All Fall Down.

MICHAEL WOLF, CREATOR, THE TRIPLETS OF KINGS COUNTY

Michael Wolf is a comedian, writer, actor and filmmaker living New York City. He currently writes, directs and produces the longstanding MTV Series After Hours and is a regular performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater, with his sketch group O.S.F.U.G. and The Incredible Gameshow Showcase.

He has also written and produced on MTV's Teen WolfAfter After Show, as well as film projects for Comedy Central, IFC, Above Average and College Humor 2. He's performed at San Francisco Sketchfest, Hell Yes Fest, NY Sketchfest, Brooklyn Comedy Festival, Austin Sketchfest and the Boston Women in Comedy Festival (for real). Michael is currently locked in the stairwell so if you could come let him out that would be awesome.

MODERATOR: SAM CORBIN, WRITER, ACTOR, COMEDIAN, PRODUCER

Sam is a Canadian-born writer, performer and producer based in Brooklyn. You might have seen her acting in an off-off Broadway play, doing comedy across the city, rapping about abstract art on the internet, or just pulling her pants over her head onstage at the Punderdome, where she competes as 12-time champion Homestar Punner. Sam's writing has appeared in the New Yorker, Mental Floss, Reductress, Brokelyn, Gothamist and beyond. Her pun videos have also been featured by InStyle, HuffPost and BUST. Sam also writes plays, which have been presented at The PIT, The Flea, and recently in the latest edition of Serpent Club Press. Put simply, Sam keeps herself busy. She currently works at BuzzFeed. Twitter: @ahoysamantha.